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id almost invraaicable to land provisions, .pose of besieging Forts which, according VINCENT'S account, were too paltry and le to make any resistance. Bat, upon r pa , have hitherto wisely confineciatemscive4 iints and . insinuations.—Suoh o bas been :, ;ge, such the. consistency., angl ti ch the i, the opponents of Government „upon a 'bleb they knew was about to undergo a cilia investigation. Irt of Enquiry upon the Armistice and of Cintra, as we mentioned yesterday, lace in a few days, and His MAIESTY has (gn manual to the warrant for assembling ;ts. A Messenger was sent on Tuesday P ar-Office with this warrant, for:the par lining the counter-signature OribeleereQ who is now at Edinburgh, Untor, his Court '4411 immediately LI convened at -The follitwing is a list of the OtEcets who apponted for this investigation ;- - PaitSIDENT. Gen4ral ZIA S. - t_ reptoE - as. 4 .2, ari hia4o. 4 . 19011111151U4 . .se H. et. Pzrzie CA. tc.' Earl Prmitroxir . -Generals - Sir G. Nucxx - r, ..--.., NICHOLS. , v:ing alsi, is a_ list ~ .,f the Of who ''iced to 4 - 4 - e their testimony .7n the oc- It-Gene?;;l::.;ir A. Wzi.t.zstLy, reneral 1. Mu a a etletal Fitacusom, ';enrol NiCHTINCALS, cneral Srewesa, hourly e_xpeiled. • 'metal Sir H. Ait & r), - houtly : ox-pthed. q-Colonel Tor. A Colonel Ban w Colonel TucKia, LIPBELL. he Opposition Writers are 'so ready to :c measures of Adtninistration, yet, we that they will be pozzied indeed, to raise ins against th(? formation of the.:Court ;ed for the examination of mats-Mrich tch ample scope to the raOcour.ef:Tart.ga; scarlol(ms prejutcaticn. Of 41i the O for this important . !.r)t - of lid'talents and experience, nor can it be they Wilt 'eternise clue zeal, and.pro .mpartial judgment. We will not sIan :CARA and Sir G. N'trq-ENT. so iimch as to Mornin , 4 Paper, which says, that they Tdecl'oppoSition to the present Govern ul4lave too much. I eSeCta for the both, to ouppose 'that they are Ida Indisi-rimin4td attachment and ion . to a party, as to be de:ermined oh Government in all 'cases, nor can we hOte Officers will be at 311 gratified by ItAicin (if their political conduct. The of these Officers, howeve-. is a proof ers 'aro resolved that no charge of par be urged against 'thew, and the Oppo .. hardly venture upon they .slightest tinst a Court of which those O ffi cers 3Lout twelve o'crock, his MAJESTY _ Queen's Palace, froin Windsor, where received by the Duke of YORK.. At i,wo s- MAsrsTY held a private Levee, which by-:- 'hancellor the Lord - President of the Council, Of the Trea.surv, the Secretaries of State for Foreign Depaittnents ' the Chanedlorof Kir the Bishop of Bristol, his Excellency the Spnish he Lord Mayor, the rSheritrs bf - London and d Somerville, Messrs:Merryil : oster, Sedley, wing had the honour of being presented -7 ,ter and Smith, by the Lord Mayor. by the Lord Chancellor, upon his. being ap 's eivutrxl. Admiral Apodaca, Charge d'Affaires from Spain, by je, • >Canning. His Excellency had an audient,e of His Mat. t Y3 and delivered his eredunials and was most graciously re ce i ved. Mr ' _ _ . intcd Majesty's !tit,- ---- : .:t was found a - for the purpoS4 l ' to Lord ST. V Contemptible t suhjea they hz to gentle hint the language, candour of th naeasure whict full and solemi ," ' THE Court 7 ~-: Conventio n o f •..' will take place i c i' fixed, his sign the Members. from the War- -1 ' pose of obta inh tary at Wht, u return the. Co Chelsea. ---The I are attiitto le, a, 4 t enerats Liettt.-G The folloiir ' 10? . .di ik. fequire ca on Lieutenant-G1 Major-Cienera rviajor.Cenera Brigadier..“eri MAjor.:Genera . , Major-Genera Lieutenant-Cc Lieutenant-Cc Lieutenant-Cc c Major CALL?' a f Though the .condeil:n the n conceive, that I xi objections a now appointed i :nave given such • e:ind the most s(.7,i' , , 1 cers selected for ', 11 nekcewledgdel"f: doubted that tb • , uo ut a v a t i impa dQr Earl MOIRA 1 ?:' 'agree *Pith hM( ‘` itein dicided .; : tutmo bounie 7, 7 . charieet3 df. 1 - . I -*tatiable Of Itie .., -allyi,,h devotion' 1 0 'opposition to Gi ~.. , .. z %).' thitikA4Cthae r, knelt aesciiPtid - ! • 'p.poirittnent of ,1 1 ~ that Ministers 1' tiality'shall be ii titiOo will b a n cinuation agains • Rre taenihets. Yesterday, al allied at the Q ,ti. was receive' clock his MA 11':_a_ e i attended by 14- :Dri . t o i. d ori, h :f'''‘l '9 l e Home and 1. 6 xeh eyner, the gi: AIN C lar k , the "`&llesex: Lard S • t .i.- The followinl 0 - . to his kups-rY bunt. .. ,i 'iLl . a, C a i d a ra rk ; ,b i by , t Polnteti 3 King's C 1 f s 7. I '' ,,I Y 1 extraordinary e r. zl . Mercy,Fo s u te p r : and i n i p di s N n l b l i z e t : i lfr g b e reairi:grennipot appointed chti),frf• His s j etp.shitcayi'Le''so!, Majesty's • , tj ' , 131 ..weden. 1 • , ' . • '-• "...try of ...egaw:m i.: t.4c. '..,ourt of Sweden, by- Mr. Cao. :•-; ~,.,.,:.- , ; 1f,,, x, -.'• ,-- r . '.,,.- •tirti‘hla _ S. that s 5 e E e L . ,the new Bishop of Bristol, did ho- , ,_ . '!,' ; .nage befo re Hi s M AJ E S T Y , upon WS being appoint- to ':.T. i .st i lis MAJESTY gave audierre to the Duke of PoET- :I , , the Other Ministers i)resent, and Mr. MERRY. ti„ little before six o'clock His MAJESTY set off en .re t , arn to Windsor. 1 1 17 ( . )41 - Luesday night the Prince of WALES arrived at ' ,•,.' I tid.or, and slept for the first time in his nem . ..: : Zrtmenrs in the Lower Lodge, which have lately„, 4 fit r ted up in the most elegant, superb, anfl cost- ' s tYle under his R ai 'li - haess's own immediate di re , , oy -1- g oust- Rio, and superintendence. . .., Tuesday morning iris MAJESTY, Princesses So= V: l4 . Alloy sTA, and AMELIA,' accompanied by Earl 17 : 1 7: t a t : s s E i A n ,wLai Windsor G M r -u ea tt t i p A :, k C: a u ti n a t r M et tr u s ro s e T d p it at , u , erl e, rill FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR ; took their ' °. clocl: to th e P a lace. ' ..„ _ a lle Ctusizu and Princess ELIZABETH took an ,' tAT ti g to Frogrnore, to give direaions" for the enter - nment in honour of the Duke of . KENT's hirth 7 day . ~ . . .. .. A private letter states, that some alarpritig clis - turti- -61 had broken out at Petersburgh, aiid that - serious "P b Leu . ,re si : ons were entertained of a gerleral'insgfr rec.tion s a ' t 1-- , c redit ing place. We know not what degree of . is due to this report. ' ~ . . . NAVAL NEWS.- .rALMOVTLI, OCT. a 1 .—f-Arrived his Majesty's Ship Giueistadt from the Downs; the Nemesis, elutc . K, from' Gibraltar for Lisbon, but last from! Alacteira, "detained by the. Primrose in consequence of not having a Register. Sailed his Majesty's Ship Foxhound on * cruize. PENZANCE, OCT. - 3 1 .—Arrived last night the Ship Union, of and from Philadelphia—landed four Gen tlemen, one of them charged with Dispatches for . Mr. CANNING j they set off immediately for Lon don. This Vessel has on board Dispatches for the French Government, and sailed immediately for France; she will make the first harbour. PLYMOUTH, Nov. I.—r The Channel Fleet passed by yesterday to the We'stward from Torbay ) , to re strne their station off Brest. Sailed the Portttguese Ships AVlniral 14elson, POIbIBINHA ; Allegro Corislante, Taio ; and :Eipedi lion, with Portuguese Emigrants on board for the Brazils, under 'convoy of a Portuguese Sloop of War. They are to touch at Falmouth, and wait for a farther convoy from Portsmouth. Sail 4 the Scorpion§loop of War for • Coruona, and eresterStoop of War on a cruize. •Arrivt-d - the Frret Sloop of War from the Coas t of Spafo. PoicISMOUTH, Nov. 2.—AvriN'ed His Majety's Ship St. Altan's from the bowns; and the Ann, ----, from Sunderland. • Sailed His Majesty's Ship . Endyniivn with the Transports having on board the 15th Regituent of Light Dragoons; also His Majesty's Ship Plover, General PA GET on board, for-Spain ; Ma jesty's Ship *lllutine with a convoy for Madeira and the Brazils'; Le Tigre with specie for Lisbon ; liels'som with 'a convoy for the coast of Africa ; 'Venus, Defender, and Bold, on a cruize. Nov. I.—Yesterday -- \Vilco t , a foremast than of the :Namur, who was sentenced to receive 200 labbes fcr various thefts, underwent thesemainder of his punishment, alongside the tie -veral ships at the NOre. Came down flora the Tower, * the Deinford Ten der, Lieut. ANTRAM, 'lib Volunteers and im prest men for the Fleet. The• Onyx Sloop of War . has the 'convoy-signal tying for Heligoland. Arrived the Centinel Gun-brig, 'Lieut. KING, from the North Sea ; the Nassau, 71 , , Capt. CAMP. SELL ; ‘itld liedtreasi Gun-brig, Lieut. Sir GEaliGli li"Erritc Nov. 2. Arrived the Lyra Ten...z2r from Shields, with Volunteers, Lieut. AfAt:i)As is appointed to the Signal Post at Shdrberry Ness, vice Lieut. CONNOLLY, deceased. CORK, OCT. 24.—The Resolute Gun-brig, Lieut. RARRIS, arrived at Cove yesterdify from St. - nes, Which place she left on the 3d inst. having under convoy twelve sail of Merchant Vessels, chiefly •. laden with salt. They parted• with her at various perinds during the passage, in consequence 'of the extreme severity of the weather, which Lieutenant HAS 1515 reports to have been tempestuous beyond example.. He states no intelligence of importanCe, ..and has not brought ihy Portuguese newspapers. The Ship Hibernia, Capt. JAMES, pf and from . Londonderry, bound to Newcastle and Philadelphia, with passengers, after being out four days, was wrecked on the night of the f 7th inst. about ten o'clock, on a ridge of rocks, in the Island of Isla, immedlately after she struck, the masts Were cut away, and every exertion used for the preservation of . those on board, which, we are happy •to learn, proved efFeEtual, as all the passengers and crew were saved. On the same night, about a mile from the Hibernia, a large Ship and. a Sloop, names un known, were also wrecked, and, lamentable to re late, ail on board perished. Yeiterday . the Duke of KENT completed his forty-rirsi year; which was ceiebrated by berMa- JESTY,- at-her house at Frogmore, by giving a sump tuous dinner to the Prince of WALkis, Dukes of r( ENT, CUMBERLAND, CAMBRIDGE, the PRINCESSES, and a seled number of friends. - In. the evening his Royal Highness's Tradesmen illuminated their houses. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT has certainly refused to have any thing to do with presenting the Petition of the Westminster Mob. The High Westminster, accompanied by the Right Hon. 11. B. SHEKIDANT, yesterday pre sented the Westminster Address, agreeably to the official request sent to the High Bedliff, to Lord HAWKESI3UHY his. Lordship . received the Deputa tion with ' the utmost politeness, and promised t 4 transmit the answer as soon as he should receive his MAJESTY'S commands. The City of ; London and - the Universities are the only bodies who possess the right of presenting an. Address direaly to the King,. SIIERIDA.N, as a Privy . Councillor, might have '-delivered the . Address to his, MAJESTY, bdt that. would not haVe been' in conformity to tho ReSOlu, Lions of the •Meeting, which prescribed, that the • High`Bailift, who signed the Address on .behalf of the meeting, should be the bearer of it. LAW.—In our report yesterday of the cause WAL -I,ACA r.l-I,sanAcaa, we omitted to state that it lira's' proved in eVidence Mr. HARDACRa had tint received any consideration for his .acceptance;• and the Bill was paid away by M.AiN, to take up litils'of :~~. AMERICAI; PAPERS. , THE PRESIDENT JEFeBRSON'S ANSWER TO THE MS SENT OF THE:REPUBLICANS FROM T t PROCEED, ! 'INGS OF THE TOWN OF ROSTON, RELATIVE TO THE 'EMBARGO. • "I hare duly received the Address of that portion of the.Ci.tizens of Boston who 'have declared their approbation of the present suspension of per com merce, and their dissent from the repreSentation of those.Of the same place who wished its reenoval. A division of sentiment was not unexpeeled ; on no question can, It perfe6t unanimity be hoped, or cer .. tainly it would have been on, that between war and ,:emtargo, the only aiternafiegs. presented, to bur choice; for the general capture of ou'r vessels_woold have, been war upon one side, which . reason and interest wOuld repel by war and reprisal on our part. . , • " Of the several interests comprising those of the • United States, that oC inahufaaures would of course prefer to war.a state of non-intercourse, so favour.- 'able to their rapid growth and prosperity. " Agriculture, although sensibly . feeling the loss of market for its, produce, would find many aggra vations in a state:of war. ".conirnerce and navigat ion, or that portion which is foreign,, in the inaiaivity to which they are reduced by the present state of things, certainly experience their full share in the general inconvenience ; but whether war would be' to them a preferable alterna tiv.e,js a question their patriotism would never hastily propose. It is io be regretted, however, .that over- IPtrking. the real sources of sufferings, the British and ,Freacii Edits, Which constitute the aflual blockade of cur foreign commerce and navigation, they have with -too little reflection imputed . them to laws which have preserved them from greater, and have saved for our own. use our vessels, property, and seamen, instead of adding , thern to the strength 'of those with whom we might eventually have to contend. " The embargo, giving time to 'the Belligerent - Powers to revise their unjust proceedings, and to listen to the diaates of justice, or interest and repu tation, which equally urge, the correction of their wrongs, has availed our enuntrf of t his only hononr able expedient of avoiding - war; and should a repeal of theSe.lLlias- supersedelthi, Ousse for it, our com mercial brethren ,will become sensible, that it has, consulted their interest, however against their own will: It will be unfortunate for their country,' if' in the mean time these their expressions of impatience should have the effect of prolongiog the verrsuffer iegewhieh have produced them,. by exciting a ,fak ' Incions hope that we'may, under any pressure, re linquish our equal rights of navigating the ocean, go to such ports-as others may prescribe, and there pay the tributary exatlions they may impose; an aban donment of national independence and essential rights revolting to every manly sentiment. IV/tile these Edilis - are in force, no American can ever consent to a return of peaceable intercourse with - those who maintain them. " I am in the approach of the period when the, feeling's and the wisdom of the nation will be collea ed in their Representatives assembled together. To them are coinmi•tted our rights, to them our wrongs 'are known, and they. will pronounce the remedy they call for"; 'and I hear with pleasure from all, as well those whb approve as who-disapprove of the present measures) assurances 'of an implicit acquiescence in the•aua cd -OP 4'l9erai. throtigh - you; to communicate this Answer to the Address, on which your signature had the first place, and to add assurances of soy respea.:_ (Signed) " TnostAs JEFFERSON." 04 To Colonel Edward Procter." To THOMAS JEFFERSON, Esq. President of the United States of .eirnerica. . THE PETITLO?I OF THE StiIISCEIBERS, OFFICERS OF lORCHANT SHIPS BF:LONGING , TO THE PUT ofi phirLADELPHI,A. RESPECTFULLY fiIIEWETH, That in consequence of the present Embargo Laws, the situation of your Petitioners is grievous and ; that they have been engaged in the 'mercantile service since their infancy, with few ex ceptions, and accustomed only to condud ships or Acioss ttid'ocean ; that from the operation of the present resirietive faws they find themselves cut °if from their• usual employment, and of course the Means of subsistence are gone. " Your Petitioners are well acquainted with the duties of conducting ships from port to port—well versed in'naval tadics, but unable to handle the liar- TOW or plough. Your Petitioners have for a long time borne with patience the privations incident to those restric tive laws, withont murmur or complaint ; but when imperious necessity compels them to disclose the cause of .their grievances, they humbly orippose they have a right so to do in a decent and respectful manner. " Your Petitioners therefore pray that your Excel le.ncy: will take . their case into consideration, 'and adopt . such measures as will relieve the wants of your Petitioners ; or, if there are vacancies in the navy, to. give your Petitioners, or some of them, an op iortunity of serving therein, as they think them selves capable of performing services of that nature. They, however, suhrnit their whole cause to your consideration, hoping your Excellency will adopt such measures as wisdom and justice may point out, ancLas in duty - bound will pray, etc. " Philadelphia, Aug- z 0,.. r 8.08." PRESIDENT'S ANSWER. Sta—ln answer to the Petition which you de livered me trom the Otficers of Merchant Vessels belongitig to Philiidelphia, I must premise my sincere regret at the sacrifices our fellow-citizens in general .and the Petitioners in particular, have .heen obli g ed to make, by the circumstances of the times. We live in an age of afflittion, to which history protocols HO parallel ; we have fur years been 'looking on Europe Covered with blood and violence, mid seen rapine spreading itselt over the ocean. On this element it,. hai reache.l and at length in so set ions a degree, that the Legislature of the nation has tho Light it nt. cessary to withdraw our citizens ;it'd properly 'from iti either toavoid or to prepare for eng,iging in the general contest." But for this timely pr et - at it iou , the Petitioners and their property [nigh , . noW have been in. the hands of spoilers, who have laid aside all re gard to moral rigtg7 " NeViihdrawing from the greater evil, a lesser cone ihas nicc.stiarit7 encountered ; and certainty, could tlie I.,..:gilature have made provision against - ~-~. ~,~.. • • . , , • ' • . this also, I 41U - .1,1 have had grgat pleasure as ine -tn strutnent of its execution ; but it was impraaicable. by any general and just rules to prescribe, in ever,- case, .the best resource against the inconvenie,nc;es of. this stew sititation% The difficulties of the crisis will certainly Lill with, greater pressure on some de- 2, scriptlon of citizens Limn others, and on none perhaps with greate.. than -on. our seafaring brethren. Should .4.tiy rneaOi of filleviatiou occur within the range tf 1 my duties, I shall with;certaitity advert to the situa- 2 tipti of the Petitioaers, and in av:,ilir,g the nation of their services, ?id theni with a SUbStiltlie for their former occupation. sue them and yourself with sentiments of sincere rt:•,y)ard. " Tif. jEFPF.RSQki." ........-......... . . .I . . PhILAIIELPHIA, Seer. w.—By. thc,attival of the Ship Traveller, Caps. RICHARD WARD,. at Salem, . in 117 days froin .Calcutta,., India Papetsi to the 9th 1. May have been received by the Editr.r Of the Sattin'l itegzster. .Letters received at Boinbay, dated Bus :sorah, 13th March, state, that Adtural PEct,aw reached Bombay 1t th April. The absence of the Admiral from the CJlcutta station was regt el tt: (1, and ...., by some - even censured; but as no i. , :blic account ..,•,! was given (lf the. movements on the i' -,--:.,• C./4dpi), '. :- .1 L ~WA t: 74. the reasons for his condo —.could 1.; s, ; :iiciently known tdr a correct judgmontof hit f_H; , / ,, ition of i his fleet.. Accounts from Ca:iton to 14 I h Mitch state, that in consegnenee.of the rich ca ;ores made :- bythe enemy, the country ships were not pumltted to sail without convoy. ..,., .;..7r,--, "TKe Lacliones had become very troublesome to the coasting trade. The. English were surveying ..-• the Paraceis, dangerous shoals, in the nrigation of the seas.• . The French irkigait., La Canna.. nier, of 50 guns, from Acapulco (on the S.W..coast of New Spain} with -S. 4,ouo,o0o : had. arrived at Manilla. ~_ 1 SPORTING : INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKEIVI-lIRD OCTOBER MEETING. WEDNES.,DAy, Sweepstakes of togs. each far a, yr ohls, colts carrying Bst. 51b, fillies Bst. aio.. V. C. t.adbroke names 14 Stowell's e. bir-Gohonna Ld Foley's c. by Don Quixotte, our of Adelina Su . S. Siti•ell's f. lberia,by Ld Kinnaird's br. 1. by Ca e sar o Ld F..G. I.)sbonf 1. Caput! Bird - 2t, ogst i 14 Stawell's c. - z 3 " 7 id Kinnaird's Achilles, tilt, 715:- beat Ld. G. IL. Cwten-,.:..:?;,. dish's 11)men, 7st. Sin. Two.yr old CQUTSC, tongs. A Subscription Plate'of pl. fur 2-yr olds curtying- 6st. 715, and 3-yr olds Sst: tolb. Two-yr old Course. Mr. Ladbrokes b. c. Tristram, 3-yrs old • Sir F. Standish's ch. I. by Mr. Teazle, 3-yrs, - - z , 4 to t agst Tristram. D. nf Rutland's Rambler, bait Mr. Fertnor's Wren, by Waxy, Sit. On. each. Two-yr old Course, I;.ogs. h. ft. The Audley End Stakes of 3egs. each, togs. ft'. To staff at the Ditch, and cod at the Green - Post, beyond the Duke's Stand. - Mr. Kellerman's d:: Venus, 4-yrs old, Sst. t Duke of Grstloo l 6 2vius . ..cian,4 yr s, V6t. 71b. . 2 6 th t agst de VeLilis -3 to 4 on Musician. .0. of Crat ton's Vandyke, Sst. Wat.Ld Pelisse, • 9st. D. L. tO4 on Vandyke , Mr. Lloyd's Fun, Sst. 21h. rec. frorn Sir Shelley't •Sock, 7sr. Two-yr old Connie:, toogia. -h. ft. EXTRACT FROM A 'LETTER, DATED STOCKITO,CM, OCTOBER 17. " our politicians are at a loss how to interpret the conduct of the Russian Ggvernn)ent with regard to Sweden for we have this day roceived'certnin infortration that -the • Empres4, - z.l — t - Queen of SWEDLN, is at the head of at in Rus sia. Some say, it i with the consent of the Em peror : however, when he left St. Petersburgh to proceed tonthe meeting at Erturth, no such arrange ment was made by him. from this circmnstance, and the..well-known . cordiality that reigis between the Swedish and Russian Officers (the last of whores I myself have hard speak in' tonne Di the greatest itidignatiou against BUONAPARTE, and the ,folly of the Russians :and Swedes.carrying on a war), and the poAtivernews of the Russian.galley fleet having retired,'we entertain very sanguine hopes of a speedy peace between Sweden, Engimld, and Russia." The value of Imports into Ireland,' fpr the year ending sth Jan. 1808, was 6,687,9071. 16s. the Exports - for that year amounted, of. Irish Pro du&s.and Manufa6tures, to 5,307,9061. 16s. 4d. and, Of Foreign and Colonial; 150,3701. Bs. Bd. In a . private letter froth Holland of the 27th, Buo- - NAYARTE3 - and Aj.EXANDER are said to have deter•- Mined jointly to occupy with their troops the Island of Zealand, this winter, for the purpose of invadink Sweden: Ir• . .c . he late Prohibitory Decree, published by. the Dutch Government, does not appear to be.rigorOusly • enforced ; for we understand that not fewer than 30 Ships arc now expeeted from that quarter. Five or six Ship 3 arrived yesterday, among which - was one that left Rotterdam on the evening of the 3 tst,--• Letters, however, • have been received fom . Heligo . - land okhe 25th ult.. which state, that there is now a great' glut of English merchandize that bland, owing to the increased difficulty of getting it landed upon the Contineat. A new set of Custom-116use Officers have been placed at the different ports in the Ems, the Jande,.and the Weser, v:ho yield strict .obeclierice .to the injunelions given them to prevent all intercourse with this country. .time since Mr. READ Cutler,: of College-green, Dublin, having-de liveretian elephant's tooth to he sawed in nece ssa ry lengths, for' the hand!es of knives and forks,..the ,workman d , scove...red, :n . the very cei.l-tre'of the •toofh, a musket hell, folidly set in, With/Jut the slightest • re - or aperture vi . t . appe.u..l.Nce 9 , L.l, • it( anght have made. 1c• • passage. It' is scarcely 165 extra.. ordinafji hat fael s`iiirtaftshoold cut in so e xact a hue - With I.le ttt . v lee One-halt of it eXposed .to view, anti ? th nrymy fixed oer din the tooth, as it •• . • now appears. Vanous - conjectures nave been formed • how it was plitc4 in itS - tresent situation, but none that We'haVe h'eard . of are satistactory. There . grew this year, in the . orchard• Of Mr. WM. rATTINSON, of :Ltmgctolt, iu Cumberland, at) apple • Of the extraortimaly weight of 1 4 OZ. which - Mea sured 15 inches in circumference . . The tree, from filch the above was gathered, has.mily. beiln - three . years gratied.- is nt the•spectes called Hawthorn dead. , A ~,rrear nturiber-Of the wells in Chatham, and neighbourhood . , particularly Troy Town, have be come nearly dry wtilitn the its trek.- No probable • catbe has yet been' discovered for a circumstance so • singular at this humidwawa of tlao year.